This is a legal term, which dates back to the Anglo-Saxon laws, which joined the English Law Books in 1679. Translating to ‘that you have the body’, this works to prevent unlawful detention or imprisonment.
The earliest discovered origins of the writ are found in the Assize of Clarendon, 1166, which sets out the afford rights of the Freeman. This is later backed up by the Magna Carter, opening the clause from Freemen to Anyone.
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